Django Twitter Auth

Django Twitter Auth is a simple Django plugin/app to add Twitter authentication and authorization.

Twitter setup

1. Got to https://developer.twitter.com/ and create a new app if you don't already have one.
2. Generate the keys and tokens and save them in config.py. CAUTION: Never add config.py to git.
3. Setup the callback URL in twitter app settings and save the same in config.py.

Quick Start

1. Add "django_twitter_auth" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       ...
       'django_twitter_auth',
   ]
   

2. Include the django_twitter_auth URLconf in your project urls.py like this:

   url('twitter_oauth/', include('django_twitter_auth.urls')),
   

3. Run migrate to install the TwitterUser model that is used to store user's twitter tokens:

   python manage.py migrate
   

4. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/twitter_oauth/dance to get user's authorization.

5. Once the OAuth Dance is complete, page redirects to http://127.0.0.1:8000/twitter_oauth/confirm.